Fastener.



F, M. STURGBS FASTENBR.' APPLIOATIGE FILED JANZ9, 1913.

Patented Aug. 5,19%

A'rmmffs Ffa-AHK M. STURGES, 0F DNBUEY, GNNEGT'.

.pplication filed January 29, :$13. Ser

v mwwn imt L FRANK M. STURGEB,

- www ci die fiumi Suites, and @resident in in ih@ mmiixy of Fairfield and have invented n new ner., mfwhich the fob sur, and @met descripo nhjefs nf ih@ invention is to pmvide prow-d {nati-tney: for use on tire s, haine 'fasteners and iiamged to ftake up 'au onnecioii, to secumly diei" and to leliev@ ghe "ink Gi undue strain. e is'mad@ xi to be closed by n imei having its heel pm by a ivot heid on mink of che hook msm- J:neififed an apfel is imifnale the pivm ik, die ssiifl boss bai'ngon a Seatformed on istvfeen the ends thereof. 'meut of the in'venion cmiipfmying drawings ngi-sn posi'fioi; Fig. 2 is a "f'ii the parts in plan View of the fvaioi of the (ip-- 1s a similar View of of the fasener is proi B o the exbl di *fastener is usedthe mock membs-r A is i ifiing pivot C pas- "AV formal in the heel of wmecbed Wih an and Connecion on which :a emi between th@ mempoiiit A of h hooi: 'fi @inse he sai hook with a His iiiik E. The lever D is 'fe iis ands with boss amis *aha fnrwar Cross 'provide-ci, ai, ixs Guter and.

v @ver is adapted mi m pivot E' of h@ iiiik E, and the said Aboss DL extends o-ii oppsi'te fai/Ces 03E the level' D and is adaped to bra sead fin-ii. seat F formed mi. thasmnk fig adjacent iii@ hook A', as painiy iiiziica'ted in the www ings. The boss D2 of sio D and the seat F are armiige reaiivey to each cile?! 4/in such a malizia? that when the ievQ/r D is swunginto clnsel positimi the boss D2 come?,

queny Rieti: @nds Gf the 'mss D *im seat F so thai the samm is, equgiy sisi-mm uted and the free zic-tina nhe link ,is lf3. ift is also understso fin; ik@ slof: El ies i siioned, as shown in Figs, ii, 2 Sin'e allow the rearwxrs siizifg mfwemanm lever D wiwi? moving the ivei* D into ci'oie position, as shown in Fig; 2, wii-ii si and conse@- endothe leva D prcjecs :flight y beffa-n the point of the honk A; s@ to permi. th user co convemfentiy tali@ hold @if :f5 im@ end of the lever Wienev is fria-airs@ zo l mi) invention,

heel provided with a sio iimuggii. which ein tends ih@ sai pivot, the' evei' eifening" haw tween the members ai? the sam if ur shank, the. 'free end of the 1:3681" bai aci;- ed to page beween the ma bersffi bifirca' henk point tu cios@ *die iiimk;

Seated "on the said seat, and a link having a ,bssl the-sideizu'ms ofthe link being out-- 'side 'the 'side faces of the said hook member.

apertured boss inte rallyl on the-said lever name to this specification in the presence `of intermediate its en s and'-dapted to be two subscribing witnesses.

pvot extending through the said apertured FRANK M S1 URGES' Witnesses:

ROBERT S. ALEXANDER,

Inltestimony whereof I have signed my RENA'B. ENGELAGE. 

